While Jannik Sinner took on Taylor Fritz at the US Open men’s final at Arthur Ashe Stadium yesterday, conspicuous spectators Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes were on hand to both watch the action and quell rumors of their friendship fallout—tabloid fodder of the first degree. But it was hard to pay much attention to the…
Last night, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle helped lift his team to victory over the returning Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets. But it was Kittle’s footwear that made the strongest impression of the evening, as the former Hawkeye donned a very exclusive set of one-of-one Air Jordan cleats, custom-designed by the…
The plan was always to go pro. Kosta had a pretty good serve. This could be his life. And for a while it was: Kosta played at Illinois, and then went pro, competing in Futures, the lowest rung of professional tennis, trying to do what every athlete hopes they can do with their gifts: turn…
It’s pushing 90 degrees in Oxford as Ole Miss players fill a path toward Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. A sea of red and blue engulfs the Grove, but it isn’t difficult to spot Jaxson Dart: just follow the Saint Michael graffiti hoodie and Chrome Hearts shorts, and you’ll find the West Coast kid blending precision and flair,…
If his mom taught him about shoes and smiles, his dad, Aron, gave him a relentless drive. He remembers his dad teaching him that getting too high about what happened in the past would keep you from focusing on what was still up ahead. “Like, I don’t know what you’re celebrating,” Diggs says his dad…
Growing up, Jackson was singularly motivated to reach the NFL, and the financial stability that comes with it. “I knew I wanted to be rich and for my people to be well-off,” he says. “I don’t want to be around chaos.” But he had a silly side, too, and stayed busy playing football. “I was…